| State: | Texas |
| Percent Asian: | 10 |
| Population: | 954,933 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 28.5 |
| District: | 7 |
| Percent Black: | 15.5 |
| Percent White: | 46.2 |
| Residence: | Houston |
| Party: | Republican |
| Representative: | Paul Bettencourt |
| Chamber: | Senate |
District 7 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves portions of Harris and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] The current senator from District 7 is Paul Bettencourt.
Election history of District 7 from 1992.[2]
Paul Bettencourt (Republican) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and Bettencourt was declared elected without a vote.[3]
| Legislature | Senator, District 7 | width=70% | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1846 | George Tyler Wood William C. Abbott | Jefferson, Liberty. | |
| 2 1847 | William C. Abbott | Jefferson, Liberty, Polk, Tyler. | |
| 3 1849 | Alfred M. Triutt | Nacogdoches, Shelby. | |
| 4 1851 | Isaac Parker | Anderson, Cherokee. | |
| 5 1853 | M. D. K. Taylor | Cass, Titus. | |
| 6 1855 | |||
| 7 1857 | |||
| 8 1859 | John Green Chambers | ||
| 9 1861 | John W. Moore | Bowie, Davis, Marion. | |
| 10 1863 | |||
| 11 1866 | William P. Saufley | ||
| 12 1870 | Henry Rawson | Harrison. | |
| 13 1873 | |||
| 14 1874 | David Browning Culberson | Bowie, Cass, Marion. | |
| 15 1876 | James Postell Douglas | Camp, Gregg, Smith, Upshur. | |
| 16 1879 | John Martin Duncan | ||
| 17 1881 | |||
| 18 1883 | John Young Gooch | Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt. | |
| 19 1885 | Constantine Buckley "Buck" Kilgore | ||
| 20 1887 | Alexander White Gregg | ||
| 21 1889 | Robert H. Morris | ||
| 22 1891 | John G. Kearby | ||
| 23 1893 | Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. | ||
| 24 1895 | Robert N. Stafford | ||
| 25 1897 | |||
| 26 1899 | |||
| 27 1901 | |||
| 28 1903 | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. | ||
| 29 1905 | |||
| 30 1907 | William J. Greer | ||
| 31 1909 | |||
| 32 1911 | |||
| 33 1913 | William J. Greer Earl M. Greer | ||
| 34 1915 | William D. Suiter | ||
| 35 1917 | |||
| 36 1919 | |||
| 37 1921 | |||
| 38 1923 | Tomas G. Pollard | ||
| 39 1925 | |||
| 40 1927 | |||
| 41 1929 | |||
| 42 1931 | |||
| 43 1933- | Will D. Pace | ||
| 44 1935 | |||
| 45 1937 | |||
| 46 1939 | |||
| 47 1941 | T. C. Chadick | ||
| 48 1943 | |||
| 49 1945 | |||
| 50 1947 | |||
| 51 1949 | Warren McDonald | ||
| 52 1951 | |||
| 53 1953 | Camp, Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. | ||
| 54 1955 | |||
| 55 1957 | Bill D. Wood | ||
| 56 1959 | |||
| 57 1961 | Galloway Calhoun | ||
| 58 1963 | |||
| 59 1965 | |||
| 60 1967 | Chet Brooks | Portion of Harris. | |
| 61 1969 | |||
| 62 1971 | |||
| 63 1973 | R. A. "Bob" Gammage | All of Fort Bend. Portion of Harris. | |
| 64 1975 | R. A. "Bob" Gammage Gene Jones | ||
| 65 1977 | Gene Jones | ||
| 66 1979 | |||
| 67 1981 | W. Michael "Mike" Richards | ||
| 68 1983 | Don Henderson | Portion of Harris. | |
| 69 1985 | |||
| 70 1987 | |||
| 71 1989 | |||
| 72 1991 | |||
| 73 1993 | |||
| 74 1995 | |||
| 75 1997 | Jon Lindsay | ||
| 76 1999 | |||
| 77 2001 | |||
| 78 2003 | |||
| 79 2005 | |||
| 80 2007 | Dan Patrick | ||
| 81 2009 | |||
| 82 2011 | |||
| 83 2013 | |||
| 84 2015 | Paul Bettencourt | ||
| 85 2017 | |||
| 86 2019 | |||
| 87 2021 | |||
| 88 2023 | Portion of Harris. Portion of Montgomery.[4] |